When I began my research for All’s Fair in Love and Treachery, the second book in my Lady Petra Inquires series, I already had two mysteries teed up for my plot. Both had been created in the epilogue of my first book, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord. One was of the suspicio...
A just-for-fun book lets you try new genres and styles without risking your brand. Your romance series won't be affected by that political thriller that's been nagging at you to write. Your middle grade contemporary won't have to worry about that erotica novella that's keeping you up at...
The podcast where you join Oliver Brackenbury on the journey of writing his next novel!Oliver does his best to make each episode work on its own, but this podcast is a series and so you may wish to start with episode 1, or perhaps the episode where he re
For the record, our novel writing direction in all its forms derives not from the slapdash Internet dartboard (where you'll find a very poor ratio of good advice to bad), but solely from the time-tested works of great genre and literary authors as well as the advice of select profession...
The long awaited sequel to the Inheritance trilogy — a novella by award winning author N. K. Jemisin where a godling must struggle to grow in the shadow of her parents.Some truths must be learned the hard way. . . As the first new godling born in thousands of years — and the heir...
I have a few short stories I’m developing. Also I’m revising a novel that started out as a novella. That’s my next big project. Then: more stories. You’re a community college professor… what do you teach? I’m in the English department at Nassau Community College and I teach ...
I write these encounters in all of my mystery/thrillers, even between characters where I’ve already established a relationship. Take this one, from “Warning Shot,” book three in the Nick Seven series: Nick brought Felicia’s hand to his mouth and kissed it. “This is one of the reason...
Routine is all-important to build a writing habit Learning to plot to meet the publisher’s expectations Whiteboard wall Stephen King, Jennifer L Armentrout Jack of Hart – the book came after “finishing” the series. Quick to write but then expanded to double the size. ...
One story I recently completed, spurred on by a Wattpad novella contest, is a YA paranormal romance calledTrust in the Shadows. It’s about a high school student who meets her “soul mate,” who may be her savior or just a weird guy she should avoid like the plague. The contest winner...
Because they don’t need batteries or a working source of anything other than light. (I am assuming that we will not have blotted out the sun. Not much I can do about that.) So, although this novella was not that important per se, the process in getting this thing print worthy is ...